For Immediate Release
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Contact: John Bernhards
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E-mail: jbernhards@atis.org
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For Immediate Release
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The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions to Offer Free Technical Presentations at SUPERCOMM 2002
May 31, 2002 Washington, D.C. - The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) - the leader in communications standards development - will offer free technical presentations at SUPERCOMM 2002 in Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center from June 4-6. The presentations will be held at ATIS Booth # 30642, located within Exhibition Hall A. SUPERCOMM is an annual communications and IT conference and exhibition, which features more than 800 exhibitors, and nearly 200 educational sessions.
The ATIS booth presentations will feature wireline and wireless experts who will identify technical and operational challenges within telecommunications, and how the industry is resolving them through ATIS' standards activities. Representatives from ATIS-sponsored committees and forums, including Standards Committee T1, the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF), the Telecommunications Fraud Prevention Committee (TFPC), the Network Interconnection Interoperability Forum (NIIF), the Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF), and the Telecommunications Industry Forum (TCIF) will deliver the following live presentations:
Tuesday, June 4
11:00 AM "Intercarrier Communication: The Next Step Forward,"
by Debbie
Stipe, Director of Interconnection Solutions, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
1:00 PM "Emergency Preparedness/Critical Infrastructure Protection,"
by Hal Folts,
Senior Systems Engineer, National Communications Systems (NCS)
2:30 PM "Global Solutions for Optical Networking," by Mark Loyd Jones, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sprint
3:45 PM "The Challenges of Wireless E-9-1-1," by Jim Nixon, Director, Government Affairs, VoiceStream
Wednesday, June 5
10:00 AM "Descriptors for User Perceived Impairment in Speech Over
Internet
Protocol Networks," by Randy Wohlert, Principal Member of Technical
Staff, SBC Communications
11:30 AM "Network Preparedness for Homeland Security," by Stuart Goldman, Engineering Fellow, AG Communications
1:00 PM "Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) Integration,"
by Mike Norris,
Director, Global Billing Services, TELUS
2:30 PM "Solutions to Telecom Fraud," by Darvey Gore, Manager, Fraud Management, BellSouth with Audrey Haynes, Case Manager-Fraud Management AT&T Network Security
3:45 PM "Signaling for Voice over IP," by Bob Hall, Principal
Member of
Technical Staff, SBC Communications
Thursday, June 6
10:00AM "Spectrum Management and DSL," by Tom Starr, Manager,
SBC
Communications
For more information on SUPERCOMM and ATIS' participation, visit the ATIS web site at www.atis.org.
About ATIS
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is a member company organization that is the leader for standards and operating procedures for the telecommunications industry. More than 1,500 experts from over 400 telecommunications companies participate in ATIS' 20 committees, forums, and Incubator Solutions programs, where work focus includes wireline and wireless network interconnection standards, number portability, improved data transmission, Internet telephony, toll-free access, telecom fraud, and order and billing issues, among others. ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Visit the ATIS web site at www.atis.org.
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